World of Hibernia articles from March 1998

World of Hibernia archives from March 1998

Patrick Stokes: president, Anheuser-Busch, Inc.(Corporate Chieftains)
March 22, 1998... "Germans know how to make it, and the Irish know how to sell it." The Celts are certainly known to embellish a fact or feeling every now and again, but when speaking of Ireland's contribution to the beer industry, Jack MacDonough, chairman...

Gift of the gab. (anecdotal look at Ireland's perpetually rainy seasons)
March 22, 1998... The word is out that the dolphins are in, so cast off the overcoat, put away your umbrella, and get ready to relish the lazy, sun-soaked days that must surely lie ahead. In your dreams. Forget highs and lows, peaks and troughs, cold...

Parade watching. (largest St. Patrick's Day parades in the US)
March 22, 1998... As everyone knows, the world's largest St. Patrick's Day parade is Manhattan's, with 150,000 marchers and 1.5 million more turning out to watch -- depending on the weather, the day of the week, and the grand marshal. But which parades are the...

The Osborne cometh: enraptured by the rugged landscape of West Cork, artist Danny Osborne dreamed of painting the glacial forces that created the region 10,000 years ago. (Irish-based painter and sculptor)
March 22, 1998... When painter and sculptor Danny Osborne mentions plans for his next trip to the Arctic, an excited gleam is visible in his eye. How long will he stay? That depends, he replies. Perhaps only a month. But if a proposed project doesn't come...

Celtic baby names. (finding a name for a child that celebrates Irish heritage)
March 22, 1998... Whether chosen as a political statement, public enunciation of independence, or simply out a desire to honor one's ancestors, Celtic names provide a unique vehicle for personal expression. They express individuality while representing the...

Beach music. (the Irish shoreline)(Cover Story)
March 22, 1998... The beach below my house on the coast of County Mayo lies smooth and crisp as a folded napkin beside the Atlantic breakers. For at least 300 days of the year, mine are the only footprints along the tide line (the only human footprints, that is...

Tim Pat Coogan's Aran Islands. (Ireland)
March 22, 1998... The Aran Islands, lying to the west of Galway Bay, are to Ireland what Ireland is to Europe: remote, beautiful, and a repository of old customs caught in the grip of change. Struggling with the double-edge sword that is tourism, the islands...

Gardens by the sea. (West Cork Garden Trail in Ireland)
March 22, 1998... At the same frigid latitude as Labrador and Moscow, Ireland's southern shores bask in sub-tropical warmth thanks to the beneficent waters of the Gulf Stream. Such a weather pattern bestows a wealth of flora from every climate and continent, as...

The making of Marlfield. (Marlfield House hotel in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland)
March 22, 1998... Nothing escapes Mary Bowe's laser-beam eyes. At Marlfield House, in Gorey, County Wexford, she is mistress of all she surveys; one glance at a room and she will spot the unplumped-up cushion, the chair a fraction out of place, the rogue wilted...

Snapshots in time: the amazing career of photographer/Jesuit Francis Browne. (last photographer of the Titanic)
March 22, 1998... Undisturbed in its watery grave for 73 years, the RMS Titanic was discovered 2 1/2 miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic in 1985. The scientist who led the mission, Dr. Robert Ballard, had found the Holy Grail of shipwrecks. In that same...

The road to Wexford: revolution looms on the horizon as a new order is established. (200th anniversary of the Wexford Rebellion against Great Britain)(Part 1)
March 22, 1998... By the 1770s, the Anglican ascendancy in Ireland increasingly found that its interests often differed from those of parliament in London. The Irish economy was growing, the population had rapidly increased, and new lands were being cultivated....

The Connemara pony. (includes related article on the descendants of Cannon Ball, the horse owned by Harry 'Henri' Toole of Oughterard, Ireland)
March 22, 1998... Few who know Connemara would disagree that it is a wild place. The remote district, located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, has a deeply indented coastline, frequently lashed by Atlantic gates. Inland, the terrain is dotted with...

Four Letters of Love. (the background of the novel by Irish author Niall Williams)
March 22, 1998... When last The World of Hibernia caught up with Niall Williams and Christine Breen (See Our Life in County, Clare, Summer 1996), the couple was quietly enjoying the success that had come with the telling of their dramatic relocation to rural...

She Loved Me Once and Other Stories.
March 22, 1998... The Loved Me Once and Other Stories is my first acquaintance with the writings of Lester Goran. There are 20 stories in this collection, divided into three inter-linked sections titled "Local Irregularities," "Costly Misapprehensions," and...

Phoenix Irish Short Stories: 1997.
March 22, 1998... This is the second-annual anthology of short stories by Irish writers, edited by that tireless promoter of Irish writing, David Marcus, and published by Phoenix House. It contains 16 stories, some by established or beginning to be established...

Special Intentions.
March 22, 1998... In 1949, an English nun by the name of Monica Baldwin wrote a book about her life, chronicling her tumultuous departure from a convent where she had spent the previous 28 years. The book, I Leap Over the Wall, caused a mini-sensation at the time,...

The Greatest Irish Album Ever Made.
March 22, 1998... Leaving aside its rather crude title, this two-CD set is actually a fair representation of modem Irish popular music. Flowing chronologically, from The Dubliners (1964) to the Afro Ceit Sound System (1997), and musically, from selected...

The Best of Dolores Keane.
March 22, 1998... On then to those who really do contribute to the fabric of Irish music. The great ambassadors of Irish song are well-represented here: Christy Moore's "Ride On," Mary Coughlan's "Invisible to You," Mary Black and De Danaan's "Song for...

Dear Harp of My Country: The Irish Melodies of Thomas Moore.
March 22, 1998... The collection actually comprises an extremely well-constructed book on Thomas Moore and two CDs covering 39 songs. It is James W. Flannery himself who sings the songs, accompanied by one of Ireland's most accomplished harpists, Janet...

Long Journey Home.
March 22, 1998... This 16-song CD is actually the soundtrack to the PBS series Long Journey Home, which celebrates Irish culture in America. Essentially a Chieftainsplus-guests album, this CD ranges effortlessly from the cinematic to pure traditional. As...

What's hot in Ireland. (events, entertainment, newsworthy items and other information)
March 22, 1998... Frank McCourt's acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, Angela's Ashes, which recalls the author's childhood in Limerick, is set to be adapted for the big screen. Paramount Pictures has committed itself to the task, and the screenplay is...